AYRSHIRE_GOLF_BOOKLET_2022 32pg_AMS Golf Book 18/02/2022 15:08 Page 21
THE JuNIOR ORDER Of MERIT TROPHY Ater an outstanding season, Harvey Broadfoot (Troon Welbeck) secured the 2021 Ayrshire Junior Order of Merit itle, with three couning events remaining to be played. With full points in four of the twenty couning events, including the Ayrshire Boys Championship, The Ayrshire Boys Matchplay, the Troon Welbeck Open, The Turnberry Open and the Ayr Belleisle Open, he was the clear winner of the trophy. The leading final places were: 782.50 – Harvey Broadfoot (Troon Welbeck) 420.00 – Max Barclay (Ayr Belleisle) 414.50 – Alex Dean (Irvine) 305.00 – Ryan Kennedy (Irvine) 280.00 – Connor Wills (Royal Troon) 222.50 – Jack Broadfoot (Troon Welbeck)
Harvey Broadfoot
OTHER NOTAbLE PERfORMANCES DuRING THE YEAR Ayrshire players had several notable performances at a naional level during 2021, with the county also being well represented in various internaional squads during the year. Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) produces a stunning result at Kilmarnock Barassie in June when she became the first Ayrshire golfer to win the Woman’s Amateur Championship since legendary Troon golfer Helen Holm did so in 1934 and 1938. The 21 year old Sirling University student defeated fellow Scot Hannah Darling in the semi-final and played Denmark’s Jóhanna Lea Lúðvíksdóir in the 36 hole final, which she won by 9&8, the largest winning margin in the final in the history of the tournament.
Louise Duncan
The victory ensured invites to compete in the US Woman’s Open, The Evian Championship, the Augusta Woman’s Amateur Championship and the Briish Woman’s Open at Carnousie, where she went on to finish in the top ten and won the Smyth salver for the leading amateur. During 2021 Louise was selected to represent Scotland at the European Woman’s Team Championship at Royal County Down in Ireland in July and the Home internaionals at Woodhall Spa in August, and her season culminated in selecion for the Great Britain & Ireland team for the Curis Cup match against the USA at Conwyn, in Wales, in August. Ruben Lindsay (Turnberry) and Stuart Easton (Irvine) were both selected to represent Scotland at the Home Internaionals in September at Hankley Common in England, where the Scots narrowly lost out to Ireland for the itle.
Ruben Lindsay & Stuart Easton
Stuart Easton had a third place finish in the Scoish Open Strokeplay at Southerness in May and concluded the season by announcing his intenion to turn professional in December, subsequently gaining a place in the Alps Tour in 2022.
In addiion to his selecion for the Home Internaionals, Ruben Lindsay also represented Scotland in the Boys’ Home Internaionals in August at Woodhall Spa and his performances during the season, including a third place finish in the St Andrews Links Trophy, saw him gain a rare exempion to compete in the US Junior Amateur Championship at Pinehurst and be selected for the Great Britain & Ireland team that contested the Jaques leglise Trophy against Europe in Sweden in August.
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